Emmitt "Pops" Foster Jr.

May 26, 1941 - September 9, 2019

Funeral services for Emmitt “Pops” Foster, Jr. age 78 will be conducted Thursday at 4 pm in Williams Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Curtis Scott officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday from 3 o’clock until the service hour. Mr. Foster was a native of Sparta and had made his home in Baldwin County for over 40 years and most recently in Macon. He loved dancing and his family. He was predeceased by his parents, Emmitt Foster, Sr and Mary Cheely Foster; wife, Marjorie Humphries Foster; son, Benny Johnson ; granddaughter, Beth Myrick and sister Anita Milburn. Mr. Foster was retired from the Georgia Department of Transportation and was a member of Berean Baptist Church in Macon. Survivors include his wife, Glynis Wills Mangrum Foster; daughter, Jeane Johnson of Milledgeville; grandchildren, Jay Davis (Farrar) of Haddock, Brandon Davis of Milledgeville; great grandchildren, Tristan Davis, Morgan Davis, Kaden Davis and Payton Davis; children, John David Mangrum (Natalie) and Jason Mangrum (Katie); grandchildren, Noah Mangrum, Hunter Mangrum, Owen Mangrum and Matthew Mangrum; brother, Tommy Foster (Kathy) of Sparta; brother in law, Jim Milburn of Augusta; a number of nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.